ACLU of Washington
@acluwa.bsky.social
Protecting the civil rights and civil liberties of all in Washington state. Advocating:
⚖ in the Courts
🗽 in the Legislature
🤝 with community
⚖ in the Courts
🗽 in the Legislature
🤝 with community
Every kid should have the freedom to be themselves and to thrive. We've got your back, always.
📍 Washington, DC
📸 @valerieplesch.bsky.social
📍 Washington, DC
📸 @valerieplesch.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Every kid should have the freedom to be themselves and to thrive. We've got your back, always.
📍 Washington, DC
📸 @valerieplesch.bsky.social
📍 Washington, DC
📸 @valerieplesch.bsky.social
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Privacy is a team sport! Protect yourself and your community:
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Privacy is a team sport! Protect yourself and your community:
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
🔐 Use encrypted chat apps
👩💻 Check EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides
🗺️ Help map police tech in your area
Together, we can take back CTRL.
takebackctrl.org/reclaim-you...
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An increase in racial profiling has led to the detainment of more than 170 U.S. citizens across the country, according to recent ProPublica reporting. We saw this firsthand at the events in Wilder, where everyone was detained, including children and citizens.
This is unacceptable and dangerous.
This is unacceptable and dangerous.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
An increase in racial profiling has led to the detainment of more than 170 U.S. citizens across the country, according to recent ProPublica reporting. We saw this firsthand at the events in Wilder, where everyone was detained, including children and citizens.
This is unacceptable and dangerous.
This is unacceptable and dangerous.
Whether President Trump likes it or not, everyone has a right to defend themselves from charges made against them by the government.
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whether President Trump likes it or not, everyone has a right to defend themselves from charges made against them by the government.
It's not too late, drop off your ballot✍️ Today is the last day to vote in our state's general election!
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's not too late, drop off your ballot✍️ Today is the last day to vote in our state's general election!
The big dark is here, get that dopamine wherever you can, Washington.
For us, it's voting.
For us, it's voting.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The big dark is here, get that dopamine wherever you can, Washington.
For us, it's voting.
For us, it's voting.
The only horrors we want this weekend are on movie screens.
It should scare all of us that the daily routines of all Washingtonians – no matter where we live or what we look like – can be captured by license plate reading cameras and turned over to the federal government.
It should scare all of us that the daily routines of all Washingtonians – no matter where we live or what we look like – can be captured by license plate reading cameras and turned over to the federal government.
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The only horrors we want this weekend are on movie screens.
It should scare all of us that the daily routines of all Washingtonians – no matter where we live or what we look like – can be captured by license plate reading cameras and turned over to the federal government.
It should scare all of us that the daily routines of all Washingtonians – no matter where we live or what we look like – can be captured by license plate reading cameras and turned over to the federal government.
🕷️It's spooky out there, Washington. Let's look out for each other.
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🕷️It's spooky out there, Washington. Let's look out for each other.
Trick or treat, please vote this week🍬
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Trick or treat, please vote this week🍬
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Let's hear it for the farm workers who harvested the pumpkins that are decorating homes across America for #Halloween today. #WeFeedYou
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Let's hear it for the farm workers who harvested the pumpkins that are decorating homes across America for #Halloween today. #WeFeedYou
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
Que se oiga para los campesinos que cosecharon las calabazas que hoy decoran los hogares en todo los Estados Unidos. #SoyEsencial
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A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Federal immigration agencies are exploiting Washington’s lack of restrictions on license plate reading cameras to find out where and when we drive our cars, as a recent report from the UW Center for Human Rights shows🧵
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Federal immigration agencies are exploiting Washington’s lack of restrictions on license plate reading cameras to find out where and when we drive our cars, as a recent report from the UW Center for Human Rights shows🧵
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Surveillance technology error is a real threat.
As Mayor Johnston doubles down on Denver's use of Flock cameras, Chrisanna's story risks becoming more common.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
As Mayor Johnston doubles down on Denver's use of Flock cameras, Chrisanna's story risks becoming more common.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts
coloradosun.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Surveillance technology error is a real threat.
As Mayor Johnston doubles down on Denver's use of Flock cameras, Chrisanna's story risks becoming more common.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
As Mayor Johnston doubles down on Denver's use of Flock cameras, Chrisanna's story risks becoming more common.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
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With the help of their community and a language app developer, two Indigenous teachers have brought Swinomish Lushootseed classes to the palms of people’s hands.
Read the full story by Luisa Loi at the link below.
salish-current.org/2025/10/29/i...
Read the full story by Luisa Loi at the link below.
salish-current.org/2025/10/29/i...
Indigenous teachers help keep ancestors’ language alive
With the help of their community and a language app developer, two Indigenous teachers have brought Swinomish Lushootseed classes to the palms of people’s hands.
salish-current.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
With the help of their community and a language app developer, two Indigenous teachers have brought Swinomish Lushootseed classes to the palms of people’s hands.
Read the full story by Luisa Loi at the link below.
salish-current.org/2025/10/29/i...
Read the full story by Luisa Loi at the link below.
salish-current.org/2025/10/29/i...
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The FCC sets the maximum price prison telecom companies can charge incarcerated individuals to make phone calls — and now, they're allowing these companies to charge nearly double the price.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year.
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The FCC sets the maximum price prison telecom companies can charge incarcerated individuals to make phone calls — and now, they're allowing these companies to charge nearly double the price.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
Families need to be able to contact their incarcerated loved ones without being extorted.
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The federal government could be in contempt of court for defying a U.S. District Court judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/29/r...
Feds sent Guard to Portland ICE facility Oct. 4 despite judge's order • Washington State Standard
The federal government could be in contempt of court for defying a federal judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland.
washingtonstatestandard.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The federal government could be in contempt of court for defying a U.S. District Court judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/10/29/r...
Don’t forget to turn in your ballot for Washington's election next Tuesday! Returning your ballot at an official drop box is a great way to ensure it is counted on time.
The future we want is worth fighting for — and voting is one of the tools for that fight.
The future we want is worth fighting for — and voting is one of the tools for that fight.
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Don’t forget to turn in your ballot for Washington's election next Tuesday! Returning your ballot at an official drop box is a great way to ensure it is counted on time.
The future we want is worth fighting for — and voting is one of the tools for that fight.
The future we want is worth fighting for — and voting is one of the tools for that fight.
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Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure. ssd.eff.org/
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying.
Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions...
ssd.eff.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure. ssd.eff.org/
In 1967, we represented legendary drag queen Sir Lady Java when the LAPD threatened to arrest the owner of the club where she danced. This case was just one small part of her lifelong advocacy of queer expression.
We carry her legacy with us today as we defend our communities in joy and style.
We carry her legacy with us today as we defend our communities in joy and style.
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In 1967, we represented legendary drag queen Sir Lady Java when the LAPD threatened to arrest the owner of the club where she danced. This case was just one small part of her lifelong advocacy of queer expression.
We carry her legacy with us today as we defend our communities in joy and style.
We carry her legacy with us today as we defend our communities in joy and style.
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During this LGBTQ+ History Month, it is crucial for all of us to come together and honor the folks who have paved the way for all of us to freely and safely express ourselves. 🏳️🌈✨
Cecilia Gentili was a fearless advocate for trans people and sex workers. She successfully helped to repeal New York’s “Walking While Trans” law that police unjustly used to stop and frisk countless trans women.
Cecilia passed away in 2024, but her legacy lives on in our fight for liberation.
Cecilia passed away in 2024, but her legacy lives on in our fight for liberation.
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
During this LGBTQ+ History Month, it is crucial for all of us to come together and honor the folks who have paved the way for all of us to freely and safely express ourselves. 🏳️🌈✨
This is exactly why lawmakers need to put clear limits on who can access the images and license plate data Flock cameras capture, and how that information is used.
UW report finds police unknowingly shared license plate data with Border Patrol
New research from the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights has revealed that the U.S. Border Patrol may have accessed data from automated license
kimatv.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is exactly why lawmakers need to put clear limits on who can access the images and license plate data Flock cameras capture, and how that information is used.
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The governor's statement celebrates hundreds of innocent people, including children, being zip-tied and detained as a success for justice because five people were allegedly engaging in illegal gambling. We think that's despicable.
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The governor's statement celebrates hundreds of innocent people, including children, being zip-tied and detained as a success for justice because five people were allegedly engaging in illegal gambling. We think that's despicable.
Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential organizers of the civil rights movement, leading key protests like the 1963 March on Washington for racial justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential organizers of the civil rights movement, leading key protests like the 1963 March on Washington for racial justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
Bayard dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights for the Black community, LGBTQ people, and economic justice.
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In this political climate, license plate data easily can be weaponized against vulnerable people like migrants, journalists, abortion-seekers, or those trying to secure gender-affirming care for their children, EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told Lost Coast Outpost. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/23...
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Appears to be Violating Its Own Policy and State Law on Automated License Plate Readers
lostcoastoutpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In this political climate, license plate data easily can be weaponized against vulnerable people like migrants, journalists, abortion-seekers, or those trying to secure gender-affirming care for their children, EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told Lost Coast Outpost. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/23...